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Dreams and diligence: Helping people to help themselves in Cambodia
Bloggers Rich Wells, Danny Webster and Anita Mathias spent nine days in Cambodia seeing first hand how communities are using the modest resources they have to change their lives for the better

Holy Bible to become Louisiana's 'official state book?'
The bill has passed the first step to becoming a part of Louisiana's law.

Satanic Temple launches school campaign to "protect" children and permit them to pray to Satan
The Satanic Temple declares May 15 "Protect Children Day"
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WeGo phone for kids: Sprint launches new phone for kids ages 5 and up [price, plan and features]
The WeGo device has a tethered string that, once pulled, sends off a loud alarm and an emergency text to a parent's phone.
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Hillary Clinton narrowly misses a shoe to the head [VIDEO]
A woman throws a shoe at Hillary Clinton at a recycling convention.

East High School in Memphis Tennessee in lock down after people reportedly 'armed with guns'
Memphis Police Department is responding to the tip

Louisiana proposes the Bible as official state book
Representatives in Louisiana have advanced a bill that will make the Bible the state's official book, but critics contend that it will only cause offence to non-believers.

Central African Republic in danger of repeating Rwanda, calls to step up disarmament of Christian and Muslim militias
Fears of a sectarian genocide in the CAR are rising as the UN steps in with a further 12,000 troops.

'Secular canopy' is keeping European politicians quiet on faith
Professor Francois Foret says there is a resurgence in religion at the European Parliament

Growth of Christianity is 'excessive', says Chinese official
Chinese officials are said to be launching a crackdown on Christian churches following allegations that the religion is causing "social friction" in the Communist country.
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Kindergartener identifies lunchroom teacher who told her she's not allowed to pray [Video]
School launches investigation in the case of a kindergartner told not to pray.

Rep. John Becker calls for impeachment of Ohio judge following gay marriage ruling
Ohio Rep. John Becker is calling for Judge Black to be impeached over his gay marriage ruling.

Deadly hit-and-run day care crash kills one; Police on the hunt for driver Robert Corchado
Robert Corchado, who police allege was involved in yesterday's hit-and-run, has served prison time before.
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Who is Alex Hribal? Pennsylvania school stabbing suspect described as 'nerdy' and 'misunderstood' [Video]
Morgan Ritchey, a teenage girl who had two classes with Hribal, is fairly familiar with the suspect becacuse she sat in front of him in Spanish class. Both would talk with each other from time to time.

Saeed Abedini's wife: It's very hard but God is holding me up and him up too
Naghmeh Abedini is continuing to walk in faith despite her husband Saeed Abedini's incarceration in an Iranian prison because of his faith
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6-year-old Afghan bride escapes marriage after U.S. lawyer's help [video]
Naghma's father had no choice but to marry off his daughter to a 19-year-old boy.